Mitt Romney Changes Tune On The 47%: 'I Just Said Something That Was Completely Wrong'

Mitt Romney's secretly taped comment about "47 percent" of
Americans never made an appearance in last night's presidential
debate.

But on Sean Hannity's show on Fox tonight, Mitt Romney was asked what his response would
have been if the debate moderator Jim Lehrer, or President Obama,
confronted the candidate about the tape.

Here's his response, portions of which likely would have been
prepared ahead of the debate:

"Well, clearly in a campaign with hundreds if not thousands of
question and answer sessions, now and then you're going to say
something that doesn't come out right. In this case I said
something that's just completely wrong. And I absolutely
believe however that my life has shown that I care about the
100 percent and that has been demonstrated throughout my life.
This whole campaign is about the 100 percent. When I become
president it'll be about helping the 100 percent."

In a
press conference shortly after the tape was released by
Mother Jones, Romney took a different position. He said that
while his comments were "not elegantly stated" and "off the
cuff," they were still "a message which I'm going to carry and
continue to carry, which is look, the president's approach
is attractive to people who are not paying taxes because my
discussion about lowering taxes isn't as attractive to
them."

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